According to Steven Quinn
(http://scratched.media.mit.edu/resources/investigation-using-scratch-teach-ks3-mathematics)
Psdbenj is a Scratch user that uploaded a seven minute video tutorial on the ScratchEd website on creating a coordinate game.
www.screencast.com/users/psdbenj/folders/Default/media/9c3867b4-434b-4341-996b-112da9dcbe41
The video consists of the Scratch user creating the project and talking, exactly step by step, about how they are doing it.
The Scratch Geometry game is a great resource to teach coordinates to key stage three pupils in a fun way using ICT. The idea of the game is for the cat to catch the fish, the fish will move to a random point on the x y coordinate plane and then find the correct coordinate values for the cat to catch the fish. If the cat catches the fish the cat says ‘well done’ if the cat doesn’t catch the fish it says ‘try again’ and the cat returns to the starting position. This game is fun and appealing for the students, it involves estimating coordinates and the difficulty level can be easily changed by shrinking or enlarging the sprites. This game is a simple idea which the pupils could create very easily themselves using the tutorial video, or it could be used as a teaching aid to teach key stage students about coordinates.
According to Steven Quinn
(http://scratched.media.mit.edu/resources/investigation-using-scratch-teach-ks3-mathematics)
Psdbenj is a Scratch user that uploaded a seven minute video tutorial on the ScratchEd website on creating a coordinate game.
www.screencast.com/users/psdbenj/folders/Default/media/9c3867b4-434b-4341-996b-112da9dcbe41
The video consists of the Scratch user creating the project and talking, exactly step by step, about how they are doing it.
The Scratch Geometry game is a great resource to teach coordinates to key stage three pupils in a fun way using ICT. The idea of the game is for the cat to catch the fish, the fish will move to a random point on the x y coordinate plane and then find the correct coordinate values for the cat to catch the fish. If the cat catches the fish the cat says ‘well done’ if the cat doesn’t catch the fish it says ‘try again’ and the cat returns to the starting position. This game is fun and appealing for the students, it involves estimating coordinates and the difficulty level can be easily changed by shrinking or enlarging the sprites. This game is a simple idea which the pupils could create very easily themselves using the tutorial video, or it could be used as a teaching aid to teach key stage students about coordinates.